seaJane Posted 12 February , 2019 Author Share Posted 12 February , 2019 elastic hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 21 February , 2019 Share Posted 21 February , 2019 On 12/02/2019 at 18:45, seaJane said: elastic hours Yes, that would be nice …. but work would expand to fill them before I got to the books! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 21 February , 2019 Share Posted 21 February , 2019 Well done sJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Filsell Posted 21 February , 2019 Share Posted 21 February , 2019 (edited) Certainly some good stuff here. Pollard VC was interesting, he had Junger approach to war. Edited 21 February , 2019 by David Filsell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 28 February , 2019 Share Posted 28 February , 2019 Just picked up a copy for £2.99 on eBay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 28 February , 2019 Share Posted 28 February , 2019 Last of the big spenders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 28 February , 2019 Share Posted 28 February , 2019 20 minutes ago, Dust Jacket Collector said: Last of the big spenders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 28 February , 2019 Author Share Posted 28 February , 2019 2 hours ago, Ghazala said: Just picked up a copy for £2.99 on eBay Nice copy too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 1 March , 2019 Share Posted 1 March , 2019 in the same line, I've got a 2014 copy of the 1930 book "Great short stories of the War" ... got it for a few quid on a rainy day in Dublin, waiting for the right moment to step on the bus to the airport... (I can hear you all go "duh!!"... rain+time= go to bookshop) There's a few nice stories in there too !!! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 1 March , 2019 Share Posted 1 March , 2019 2 hours ago, Marilyne said: I can hear you all go "duh!!"... rain+time= go to bookshop M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 24 March , 2019 Share Posted 24 March , 2019 Not sure how but I have ended up with two copies of this book. Probably finger trouble on my part. If anyone would like the second book pm me your address and I will post it to you. No fee, you can donate the postage to the GWF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghazala Posted 26 March , 2019 Share Posted 26 March , 2019 Book now on it’s way to Germany to a GW pal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yperman Posted 28 March , 2019 Share Posted 28 March , 2019 I got a copy at a car boot. The story of the front line rare shrew and how it was sent to London Zoo (from Ieper) and the Oxford Don who carried out commando raids are my favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 31 March , 2019 Share Posted 31 March , 2019 On 29/03/2019 at 04:16, yperman said: I got a copy at a car boot. The story of the front line rare shrew and how it was sent to London Zoo (from Ieper) and the Oxford Don who carried out commando raids are my favourites. I would be interested to know who were the authors of these accounts? They may be online somewhere. Regarding the contribution from W J Blackledge, I would classify his book as fiction. See the topic Fiction/faction/fact? The Legion of Marching Madmen/ W J Blackledge: Online https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/270727-fictionfactionfact-the-legion-of-marching-madmen-w-j-blackledge-online/ Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yperman Posted 31 March , 2019 Share Posted 31 March , 2019 9 hours ago, Maureene said: I would be interested to know who were the authors of these accounts? They may be online somewhere. Regarding the contribution from W J Blackledge, I would classify his book as fiction. See the topic Fiction/faction/fact? The Legion of Marching Madmen/ W J Blackledge: Online https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/270727-fictionfactionfact-the-legion-of-marching-madmen-w-j-blackledge-online/ Cheers Maureen The shrew story comes from Dr Philip Gosse who wrote books on Dover and pirates and who served in the Medical Corps in the Ieper area. He was fascinated it seems by zoology especially small mammals and was appointed in addition to his medical duties the 2nd Army's "rat officer" to stop the spread of rat bourne diseases.. He wrote a book "memoirs of a camp follower" which I have just ordered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other ranker Posted 31 March , 2019 Share Posted 31 March , 2019 Maureene, I have scanned the acknowledgement pages from the Fifty Amazing Stories book. You can see many are from the great classics we know. A treasure trove of books! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 31 March , 2019 Author Share Posted 31 March , 2019 That's kind of you otherranker! I did the same soon after I started this thread, which has got longer than I expected. There is some discussion of the various pieces too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 31 March , 2019 Share Posted 31 March , 2019 Thank you yperman for your information, and thank you other ranker for the helpful scans of the Acknowledgement pages. Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annied22 Posted 11 August , 2021 Share Posted 11 August , 2021 I'm a booklover and hobby bookbinder (properly trained) and I've recently picked up a copy of "Fifty Amazing Tales" from a local charity shop as it looked as though it would be an interesting read. It's in a sorry state however and I'd like to repair it. As you can see from the pictures, I've made a facsimile copy of a missing endpaper, but was disappointed to discover that page 191/192 is also missing. It looks as though it's been torn out. Everything else appears to be there. There are no copies available online as far as I can tell. It was during my search that I came across your Forum and this thread. I'm wondering if anyone here who has a copy would be kind enough either to scan the 2 missing pages or photograph them for me so that I can complete the book. It would be very much appreciated. Thank you and apologies if I'm being cheeky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 11 August , 2021 Share Posted 11 August , 2021 Hi Annied22 Welcome to the Forum, nice little find there. Good news, I still have my fathers copy so I have quickly taken a photo of the pages and attached them below. If you want a scanned copy let me know or if they do not reproduce again let me know. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annied22 Posted 11 August , 2021 Share Posted 11 August , 2021 Thank you very much indeed for responding so quickly. I've downloaded the pics, had a little play around with one of them and I think they'll be fine. I've had to make facsimile pages a number of times in the past and while I'm not an expert at manipulating images to blend in with the originals, I can usually produce something pretty acceptable. The main thing is that the book is complete again. I'm looking forward to reading the book, although I'll wait until it's back in one piece. At the moment the rear board is completely detached as are the final couple of pages. The front board is hanging on by a few threads and part of the spine is missing. If anyone's interested I can post some pics when I've finished repairing it. Isn't the internet wonderful?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 11 August , 2021 Share Posted 11 August , 2021 Glad to be of help, that’s what this Forum is about😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annied22 Posted 12 August , 2021 Share Posted 12 August , 2021 All done. the facsimile page is a little lighter than the rest, but it was the best paper match I had and at least the book is now complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 12 August , 2021 Share Posted 12 August , 2021 I won’t tell if you don’t😁👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 13 August , 2021 Author Share Posted 13 August , 2021 Nice piece of repair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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